Global Data Protection Lawyer. All views expressed are my own, and do not constitute legal advice.

Joined March 2012
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1/ #Privacy #Law Update - Canada's adequacy status in the EU was renewed yesterday (ec.europa.eu/commission/pres…). This adequacy decision was overdue under the GDPR, with the last adequacy decision issued 15 years prior to the GDPR coming into force (eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-cont…).

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4/ - yesterday's EC report appears to acknowledge that PIPEDA is a work in progress (commission.europa.eu/documen…).

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In-house tech lawyers: keep an eye out for the LSO's 14th In-House Counsel Summit, on February 27, 2024. I'll be part of the panel for 'Recent Developments in #GenerativeAI' (updates TBA). #privacy #AI #contracts #legalops
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Last week's CAN-TECH conference in Toronto was great. I particularly enjoyed the seminars on technology contract life-cycle, choice-of-law selection, Law 25 updates, and in-house/external lawyer dynamics.
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Day 1 of the 2023 #CIO Peer Forum was superb! Some great perspectives from the CIOs of TD Bank, Interac, KFC, Canadian Tire and Norr to name a few. It was a privilege to bump shoulders with the info gov heads at Canada's largest companies. Full post: linkedin.com/posts/chetanphu…

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1/ Global Data Transfers and Risk Assessments, featuring the DIFC's Lori Baker, and Jules Polonetsky and Dr. Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna from the Future of Privacy Forum: lnkd.in/grDDeDju Great discussion on adequacy assessments, due diligence on other jurisdictions' ...

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2/ ... propensity for privacy corruption, and local measures to control generative AI. Lori also covers the DIFC's helpful catalogue of per-jurisdiction adequacy assessments (Ethical Data Management Risk Index) - available to the public: lnkd.in/gVPtTtrb #privacy #law
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Global #AI #regulation is just around the corner. Recalling a now trite phrase from #cyber #breachresponse, the question is not "if", but "when". #privacy #law #dataprivacy #data #bigdata #ML #AIDA #AIA #legalops www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject…

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I recently earned my CIPP/E, which I am proud to add to my CIPP/C and CIPP/US! This trifecta signifies my regard for global trends in #privacy #regulation. These days, an informed digital tech #legal #strategy requires us to consider laws beyond our own borders. #law #bigdata
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2/ This discussion presents a truncated version of the comprehensive slideshow posted last week, which goes further to discuss UNESCO and US developments: lnkd.in/eikCEbGR Enjoy! #AI #ML #privacy #dataprivacy #cybersecurity #bigdata #law #regulation #legalops

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